Too Big Or Too Small: Five Takeaways As Senators Weigh Local News, TV Ownership Limits And Trump’s Surprise Nexstar Merger Endorsement

The Senate Commerce Committee weighed FCC proposals to raise the media ownership cap ahead of a proposed Nexstar-Tegna merger.

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Right Wing Media Companies Begin Bickering At The FCC Over Who Gets To Dominate The Exploding Right Wing Propaganda Market

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Right Wing Media Companies Begin Bickering At The FCC Over Who Gets To Dominate The Exploding Right Wing Propaganda Market

American right wing propaganda companies are beginning to fight among themselves as a shrinking number of dodgy media companies vie for domination of the Trump-coddled U.S. propaganda market.Newsma…

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Donald Trump Expresses Caution About Lifting FCC Limits On Ownership Of TV Stations

The president appeared to side with his friend, Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy

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Newsmax Settles Defamation Case With 2020 Election Firm on Eve of Trial

“Lying to the American people has consequences. Smartmatic will not stop until the perpetrators are held accountable,” a spokesperson for the voting technology company said.

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Chris Ruddy is a traitor.

#NewsMax #ChrisRuddy #FCC

Newsmax is running a “legal defense fund” for Rudy Giuliani https://www.mediamatters.org/newsmax/newsmax-running-legal-defense-fund-rudy-giuliani

Newsmax is running a "legal defense fund" for Rudy Giuliani

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